Two days after struggling for three quarters to subdue Purdue (31), Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh (32) gave an unsparing critique of the visitors’ quarters at Ross-Ade Stadium. The locker room was hot, he noted. According to various reports, some Michigan players spent part of pregame on their team buses, since the locker room had no air conditioning.

Texas A&M defensive coordinator John Chavis spent six seasons at LSU under Les Miles. The John Chavis vs. LSU saga that dates back to February 2015 has reportedly come to an end. Chavis, the former LSU defensive coordinator who left the school to take the same job at Texas A&M, and his former employer were involved in a legal battle over a buyout LSU claimed the coached owed it.

Late in the third quarterback against UMass, Butch Jones decided to make a change. The timing was odd, but Tennessee’s fifth-year coach thought his team needed some juice. Tennessee’s offense gained just 10 yards on 11 snaps with Guarantano at quarterback, so Jones turned back to his veteran quarterback to close out the game.